anti-black racism

The federal government is being urged to follow through with its commitment to develop a Black Canadian justice strategy.

A landmark ruling by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found the province’s police force violated the rights of 54 migrant workers during a DNA collection sweep in 2013.

Repealing all mandatory minimum sentences will lead to more justice for Black, Indigenous and racialized and other disadvantaged communities.

More than a year after Canada proclaimed Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, Black leaders and scholars are renewing their calls for Ottawa to make a formal apology for the country's history of slavery and its intergenerational harms.

The Toronto District School Board’s effort to stamp out anti-Black racism took another step forward this week with the launch of an educational centre celebrating Black achievements and uplifting a student population historically underserved and unseen.

Jewish civil servants met the prime minister's special envoy on fighting antisemitism to ask for support dealing with anti-Jewish abuse and slurs in the federal public service.

The 22-page document requires those signing it to respect certain principles as they develop their own action plans to foster Black inclusion. 

Efforts to address anti-Black racism in schools must involve shifting the curriculum and the approaches of teachers and other staff, advocates say, and principals and administrators should be encouraging the move as a response to a crisis.

The young Black and Indigenous directors and alchemists of Future Ancestors are helping schools, companies and organizations do the work of grappling with systemic racism and pushing for racial and social justice, including on climate change.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan paid tribute on Sunday, March 28, 2021, to Canada’s only all-Black unit to serve during the First World War, saying the 600 members of No. 2 Construction Battalion and their descendants are owed an apology for the racism they faced despite their willingness to serve.

The historical link between the civil rights and environmental justice movements is widely acknowledged, yet these struggles have become increasingly isolated over time, writes Sabaa Khan, the David Suzuki Foundation’s director-general for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

Toronto’s youth cabinet and a string of education and human rights groups are reupping demands for rigorous provincial action to root out systemic racism in schools, wary of the issue getting pushed aside amid broader pandemic-related challenges.

A network focused on advancing the careers of Black technology workers is connecting promising young professionals to mentors at major Canadian companies.

Black and Indigenous students attending Catholic schools in Toronto say they have been routinely mistreated and that complaints rarely lead to constructive action.

Toronto’s Ryerson University released a review of racism experienced by its Black students and faculty and vowed to implement fixes on Friday, giving a former student union executive a "glimmer of hope" the move is more than a performance.